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Nintendo Is Top Scorer in Game Sales,
But Sony Sees Bigger Hardware Growth

By

Dean Takahashi Staff Reporter of The Wall Street Journal

Updated Jan. 19, 1999 12:01 a.m. ET

Last month, Walt Disney Co.'s hit movie "A Bug's Life" was the top box-office draw, bringing in $114 million. But a video game, Nintendo Co.'s "Legend of Zelda: the Ocarina of Time," stole the show with December sales of $150 million, or 2.5 million units.

It's a sign of the times. The video-game industry is booming, wrapping up a remarkable year of growth, with Nintendo benefiting from big gains in sales of games,...